Grand Rapids Game of the Week

Fourth quarter: NorthPointe Christian was just too much for Kent City tonight, even with the resurgence of shooting accuracy for the Eagles.

Mustangs' Preston Huckaby scored his 18 points all in the second half of the game.

Final score: Mustangs 75, Eagles 59.

Third quarter: Kent City's Will Wilson made his name known in the third, scoring 10 points (his first of the game).

Once again, the Eagles kept it within the same point range in this quarter but made up no ground.

That could be in part to NorthPointe Christian's Preston Huckaby who scored 8 points in that quarter.

Second quarter: Kent City came out firing in the second and kept NorthPointe Christian within reach at 33-24.

The Mustangs started to beat the Eagles on the alley-oop though when Drew Zuidema and Kaul Nhial teamed up for two dunks.

Nhial, listed at 6'5" was untouched in both of those conversions so Kent City will need to pay close attention to that play in the coming half.

Kent City scored 14 points in the second compared to 15 for NorthPointe Christian, so they played them tight, but they still have a nine point deficit to make up.

First quarter: The game began as we anticipated as NorthPointe Christian's Drew Zuidema started warming up his hot hand, shooting three 3-pointers to lead his team in scoring.

Kent City played scrappy and physical but struggled stopping the quick passes of the Mustangs.

NorthPointe Christian led at the end of one, 18-10.

PREGAME:

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The Class C district boys basketball game between NorthPointe Christian and Kent City is this week's Grand Rapids Game of the Week.

OK, so on paper this matchup doesn't send shivers through anyone's spines, but remember, these are OK Silver rivals. They earned their spots by winning their district semifinal games, so let's break it down.

NorthPointe Christian (13-8) lost six times in their final eight games of the regular season while Kent City (8-13) won half of their last eight.

The Mustangs have beaten Kent City twice this season, by 29 points on Jan. 21 and by 14 points on Jan. 31.

Kent City's got their work cut out for them.

The Eagles will need to put some extra defensive effort into guarding NorthPointe Christian players Preston Huckaby and Drew Zuidema if they hope to win.

Huckaby dominated the Eagles defense in their first meeting this season, scoring 38 points while Zuidema took over in meeting No. 2 with 42 points.

NorthPointe defeated Covenant Christian 64-60 in Wednesday’s opening game while Kent City beat Calvin Christian 74-68 in Wednesday’s second game.

The boys will collide Friday at 7 p.m. for the district title and we'll have all the action for you.

Steve Kaminski and I will be court side, chatting in the comments section below this story providing highlights of all the action, scoring updates and (hopefully) some witty banter.

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